# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 348
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6942 "2011-08-14T05:16:32Z")
Famous people who were slaves 1. Spartacus 2. Aesop 3. Sojourner Truth 4. Saint Patrick 5. Frederick Douglass 6. Nat Turner 7. Harriet Tubman 8. Maximus Decimus Meridius 9. Epictetus 10. Dred Scott ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6943 "2011-08-14T05:57:31Z")
Famous people who were slaves 1. Spartacus 2. Aesop 3. Sojourner Truth 4. Saint Patrick 5. Frederick Douglass 6. Nat Turner 7. Harriet Tubman 8. Maximus Decimus Meridius 9. Epictetus 10. Dred Scott 11. Miguel de Cervantes Author of _Don Quixote_. He was captured by Albanian pirates and sold as a slave in modern day Algeria. After five years he and other enslaved Spaniards were allowed to be ransomed by his parents and the Catholic church as part of a treaty between Spain and the Ottomans (who controlled Algeria). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6944 "2011-08-14T06:17:09Z")
Famous people who were slaves 1. Spartacus 2. Aesop 3. Sojourner Truth 4. Saint Patrick 5. Frederick Douglass 6. Nat Turner 7. Harriet Tubman 8. Maximus Decimus Meridius 9. Epictetus 10. Dred Scott 11. Miguel de Cervantes 12. Hagar ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6945 "2011-08-14T14:45:37Z")
Famous people who were slaves 1. Spartacus 2. Aesop 3. Sojourner Truth 4. Saint Patrick 5. Frederick Douglass 6. Nat Turner 7. Harriet Tubman 8. Maximus Decimus Meridius 9. Epictetus 10. Dred Scott 11. Miguel de Cervantes 12. Hagar 13. Joseph Sports teams with a long history of failure 1. Chicago Cubs ☹ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6946 "2011-08-14T14:56:19Z")
Sports teams with a long history of failure 1. Chicago Cubs 2. The Washington Generals ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6947 "2011-08-14T15:53:19Z")
Sports teams with a long history of failure 1. Chicago Cubs 2. The Washington Generals 3. Boston Red Sox ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6948 "2011-08-14T16:38:47Z")
Sports teams with a long history of failure 1. Chicago Cubs 2. The Washington Generals 3. Boston Red Sox 4. Cleveland Indians I was just rewatching _Major League_ this week ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6949 "2011-08-14T16:49:33Z")
Sports teams with a long history of failure 1. Chicago Cubs 2. The Washington Generals 3. Boston Red Sox 4. Cleveland Indians 5. Duke Blue Devils (Football) ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6950 "2011-08-14T17:07:28Z")
Sports teams with a long history of failure 1. Chicago Cubs 2. The Washington Generals 3. Boston Red Sox 4. Cleveland Indians 5. Duke Blue Devils (Football) 6. Detroit Lions ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6951 "2011-08-14T18:45:55Z")
Sports teams with a long history of failure 1. Chicago Cubs 2. The Washington Generals 3. Boston Red Sox 4. Cleveland Indians 5. Duke Blue Devils (Football) 6. Detroit Lions 7. Washington Senators ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6952 "2011-08-14T20:24:11Z")
Sports teams with a long history of failure 1. Chicago Cubs 2. The Washington Generals 3. Boston Red Sox 4. Cleveland Indians 5. Duke Blue Devils (Football) 6. Detroit Lions 7. Washington Senators 8. St. Louis Browns ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6953 "2011-08-14T20:40:37Z")
Sports teams with a long history of failure 1. Chicago Cubs 2. The Washington Generals 3. Boston Red Sox 4. Cleveland Indians 5. Duke Blue Devils (Football) 6. Detroit Lions 7. Washington Senators 8. St. Louis Browns 9. San Diego/LA Clippers ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6954 "2011-08-15T01:39:59Z")
Sports teams with a long history of failure 1. Chicago Cubs 2. The Washington Generals 3. Boston Red Sox 4. Cleveland Indians 5. Duke Blue Devils (Football) 6. Detroit Lions 7. Washington Senators 8. St. Louis Browns 9. San Diego/LA Clippers 10. Toronto Maple Leafs- winners of 11 Stanley Cups 1932-67, they have now gone 44 years without a championship ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6955 "2011-08-15T02:27:18Z")
Sports teams with a long history of failure 1. Chicago Cubs 2. The Washington Generals 3. Boston Red Sox 4. Cleveland Indians 5. Duke Blue Devils (Football) 6. Detroit Lions 7. Washington Senators 8. St. Louis Browns 9. San Diego/LA Clippers 10. Toronto Maple Leafs- winners of 11 Stanley Cups 1932-67, they have now gone 44 years without a championship 11. Pittsburgh Pirates Looks like this will be their nineteenth consecutive losing season. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6956 "2011-08-15T02:53:36Z")
Sports teams with a long history of failure 1. Chicago Cubs 2. The Washington Generals 3. Boston Red Sox 4. Cleveland Indians 5. Duke Blue Devils (Football) 6. Detroit Lions 7. Washington Senators 8. St. Louis Browns 9. San Diego/LA Clippers 10. Toronto Maple Leafs- winners of 11 Stanley Cups 1932-67, they have now gone 44 years without a championship 11. Pittsburgh Pirates 12. Houston Astros - that fluke of a World Series doesn’t count ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6957 "2011-08-15T11:37:34Z")
Sports teams with a long history of failure 1. Chicago Cubs 2. The Washington Generals 3. Boston Red Sox 4. Cleveland Indians 5. Duke Blue Devils (Football) 6. Detroit Lions 7. Washington Senators 8. St. Louis Browns 9. San Diego/LA Clippers 10. Toronto Maple Leafs- winners of 11 Stanley Cups 1932-67, they have now gone 44 years without a championship 11. Pittsburgh Pirates 12. Houston Astros - that fluke of a World Series doesn’t count 13. Indiana University football New topic: college mascots that are animals 1. Arkansas Razorbacks ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6958 "2011-08-15T12:30:51Z")
College mascots that are animals 1. Arkansas Razorbacks - “Wooo, Pig, Sooie!” 2. Texas Longhorns - “Hook 'em, Horns!” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6959 "2011-08-15T13:29:25Z")
College mascots that are animals 1. Arkansas Razorbacks - “Wooo, Pig, Sooie!” 2. Texas Longhorns - “Hook 'em, Horns!” 3. [Bemidji Beavers](http://www.bsubeavers.com/) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6960 "2011-08-15T13:46:29Z")
1. Arkansas Razorbacks - “Wooo, Pig, Sooie!” 2. Texas Longhorns - “Hook 'em, Horns!” 3. Bemidji Beavers 4. Georgia Bulldogs - UGA ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6961 "2011-08-15T15:16:11Z")
College mascots that are animals 1. Arkansas Razorbacks - “Wooo, Pig, Sooie!” 2. Texas Longhorns - “Hook 'em, Horns!” 3. Bemidji Beavers 4. Georgia Bulldogs - UGA 5. University of California, Santa Cruz Banana Slugs > **[University of California, Santa Cruz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz#Mascot)** > > The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge of the coastal community of Santa Cruz, the campus lies on 2,001 acres (810 ha) of rolling, forested hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean. In Fall 2022, its ten residential colleges enroll some 17,500 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students. > Founded in 1... [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/28/Ucsc\_fiatslug.png](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/28/Ucsc_fiatslug.png) [http://makingcreativematter.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/uc-santa-cruz-banana-slug.jpg](http://makingcreativematter.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/uc-santa-cruz-banana-slug.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=347) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=349)